Inkjet & Digital Printing

Materialise Acquires Leading Polish Prototyping Center, e-Prototypy

Thursday 06. February 2014 - Materialise is proud to announce the acquisition of e-Prototypy, Poland's leading provider of rapid prototypes and 3D Printing. e-Prototypy has been active in the Polish market since 2008 and has grown to become the market leader in this region. e-Prototypy offers a broad range of 3D printing solutions, with a specialization in the production of laser sintered components, and has invested in scanning and reverse engineering services in recent years.

Materialise has been a market leader in the Czech market, through its subsidiary in Usti Nad Labem CR, since 2004. “With the acquisition of e-Prototypy, Materialise shows its commitment to further invest in the east-European market”, says Bart Van Der Schueren, Vice President Industrial Production, Materialise. “Thanks to the acquisition, Polish customers will be gaining access to the vast production capacity of Materialise. Furthermore, current Materialise customers will benefit from access to the scanning and reverse engineering services of e-Prototypy.”
“We see a lot of opportunities for growth in the Polish market and by joining Materialise, the e-Prototypy team looks forward to helping even more people in the region realize the benefits of the services and solutions we have to offer, As part of Materialise, our customers will be given access to even better service with a larger range of 3D Printing techno¬logies and they can benefit from Materialise’s 23 years of experience in this industry”, says Grzegorz Sworobowicz, vice-CEO and co-founder of e-Prototypy.